Mr. Oddity, Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Bell Publishing Company, 1951 - 348 pages |
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Page 104
... sent out for a pint of wine , for which the money had to be advanced . Richardson sent six guineas , or eight shillings more than the sum requested . He came to his house , stopping to take tea with Miss Wil- liams . Afterwards , in the ...
... sent out for a pint of wine , for which the money had to be advanced . Richardson sent six guineas , or eight shillings more than the sum requested . He came to his house , stopping to take tea with Miss Wil- liams . Afterwards , in the ...
Page 132
... sent , six had been borrowed . More had to be obtained , and obtained quickly . On the evening of January 19 he called on William Strahan , at whose press the Dictionary had been printed . The next day , Johnson sent him a note : " When ...
... sent , six had been borrowed . More had to be obtained , and obtained quickly . On the evening of January 19 he called on William Strahan , at whose press the Dictionary had been printed . The next day , Johnson sent him a note : " When ...
Page 233
... sent back the Duke's horse with a polite letter . The journey was continued in Sir James's coach as far as Cameron , where a post - chaise which Boswell had ordered from Glasgow arrived for them . They drove on in high spirits . At ...
... sent back the Duke's horse with a polite letter . The journey was continued in Sir James's coach as far as Cameron , where a post - chaise which Boswell had ordered from Glasgow arrived for them . They drove on in high spirits . At ...
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